A first driver circuit is configured to cooperate with a second driver circuit to control a display panel, wherein the first driver circuit is configured to output display data to a first area of the display panel and the second driver circuit is configured to output display data to a second area of the display panel. A method used for the first driver circuit includes outputting at least one emission control signal to control the second area of the display panel when the second driver circuit is disabled.
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3. The method of claim 2, wherein the second driver circuit is configured to output the second emission control clock to control the second area of the display panel with the first driver circuit in common.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the second driver circuit is configured to output the emission control clock to control the first area and the second area of the display panel with the first driver circuit in common.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second driver circuit is configured to pull an output terminal of the emission start pulse to a high level when the second driver circuit is disabled.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first driver circuit is configured to output the second emission start pulse to control the second area of the display panel when the second driver circuit is disabled, and the second driver circuit is configured to output a third emission start pulse to control the second area of the display panel when the second driver circuit is enabled.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein the display panel comprises a switch coupled to an output terminal of the first driver circuit outputting the second emission start pulse.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein the first driver circuit and the second driver circuit are configured to output a supply voltage to the display panel, and a first voltage source terminal corresponding to the supply voltage of the first driver circuit is coupled to a second voltage source terminal corresponding to the supply voltage of the second driver circuit.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein the first driver circuit is enabled when the second driver circuit is disabled.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein the display panel is an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel, and the at least one emission control signal is configured to control emission of OLEDs on the OLED panel.
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